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  • Learn all about #posifiets with Kahoot! Quiz during student introduction to Maastricht

    27 February 2024

    Students new to Maastricht, both during Introductory Weeks and throughout the year, are welcomed and informed at various times. One of the ways this is done is through interactive activities, such as a Kahoot! Quiz.

  • On your bike during Carnival? This is useful to know

    2 February 2024

    We look forward to Carnival. The municipality of Maastricht is making all kinds of preparations to ensure the street party is both fun and safe.

  • With SWAP #posifiets for Maastricht

    29 January 2024

    You don't necessarily have to buy a new bike. You can also rent one, for example from Swapfiets. Store and Field Lead Jesse: "With us, you can rent a bike for a fixed amount per month, and should the bike...

  • Good intentions...

    8 January 2024

    Start the new year with a great resolution: make use of the free and guarded bicycle parking facilities at Markt, Kesselskade or Station.

  • If you visit ‘Magisch Maastricht’? Come on foot or by bike!

    18 December 2023

    December is a cosy, but also busy period in Maastricht. If you want to go to the city centre for shopping, going out or visiting ‘Magisch Maastricht’? Come on foot or by bike!

  • Laptop on the back, feet on the bike pedals and off to the office. Ingrid Grimbergen is #posifiets!

    14 December 2023

    We are not exaggerating. The title is right. So begins every morning of Ingrid Grimbergen, Marketing Communications Manager of Maastricht Convention Bureau. Imagine how she leaves: chuckling at her daughters who complain at rain, snow and sometimes feel at all...

  • Mobility & Safety

    20 November 2023

    There are numerous ways to travel across the region, and whether your preferred means of transportation is car or bicycle, safety is key. Expat Centre Maastricht Region is organising a Mobility & Safety event with dedicated partners in traffic, mobility...

  • The Week of the International Student

    16 November 2023

    During 'The Week of the International Student', #posifiets brought a positive cycling experience to the university with a successful repair and bike check campaign. More than 120 enthusiastic students and staff took this opportunity to have their bikes thoroughly inspected...

  • Bicycle bank picks up hundreds of redundant bikes at UM

    26 October 2023

    In the past week, the Fietsbank, in collaboration with Kringloop Zuid, assisted Maastricht University by collecting several hundred bicycles no longer used, with the aim of giving them a second life.

  • From 1 January amount for recovering wrongly-parked bike 50 euros

    25 October 2023

    More and more people are using bicycles in Maastricht. That's great. But the nuisance caused by incorrectly parked bicycles is also increasing. The municipality wants to encourage proper and safe parking of bicycles. That is why from 1 January 2024...

  • Turn on your lights, when you go out

    23 October 2023

    The weather is getting darker, the days are getting shorter. Do you stand out enough in traffic? #posibeseenafterdark